Patty Griffin Releases New Studio Album

Patty Griffin released her new studio album Impossible Dream on Tuesday (April 20). Griffin will be touring with Emmylou Harris, Buddy Miller, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings in August as part of the Sweet Harmony tour. Her previous album, A Kiss in Time, was a live recording from Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. … Other new releases this week include Down From the Mountain duo Norman & Nancy Blake’s The Morning Glory Ramblers, Dobro hero Rob Ickes’ Big Time, bluegrass newcomer King Wilkie’s Broke, the Del McCoury retrospective High, Lonesome and Blue and the Rounder Records compilation Bluegrass Number 1′s.